Friday, October 11, 2013

hwy 1

we couldn't have asked for better weather! up hwy 1 we drove, my daughter and i to visit her brother jon, now living in oakland.

we only had four days since tati had to be back to school and work by monday so we set off

mainly focused on seeing jon, hoping to make the best of the little time we had been given.

it was a miracle what we did with those four days, stopping everywhere along the way, cambria, point lobos, big sur, carmel for the night, and two days of the most amazing oakland we could have imagined.

jon had carefully thought out where to take us. an exquisite dinner at MUA, the first fridays art walk, lake merrit, an antique shop, and the crowning point, the chapel of the chimes in piedmont.

point lobos was open in spite of the federal shutdown since it is a state park.

there i randomly placed the many oyster shells i had painted, inspired by lynne hoppe, as little gifts for the many hikers. two in particular that really fit the scenery, a shrine of the virgin mary and another of john muir. i would have loved to leave the horse, but tatiana had claimed it as soon as she saw it finished and i gave in; how not to keep just one. well, actually three since a few instagram friends had shown interest in them and i promised to mail them to them.

this little beauty was placed at a tombstone in piedmont

tatiana's horsey, the keeper

a few more were placed in trees at lake merritt, where we spent a good part of the day

stopping only for coffee and tiramisu, with hours still left to take in as much as we could.

there, at that coffee shop, was this beautiful photograph on the wall which briefly reminded me of chile.

this little paperclay sculpture was also one of the random placements. i wonder now if anyone has found it and what they think.

15 comments:

Wow, what an amazing trip you had, Constanza! So much accomplished in 4 short days. Your children are beautiful, just like you. I love that you left your little art pieces here and there for someone to find and to love. The photographs are wonderful ~ you look happy. A trip like that is good for the soul. xo audrey

oh. my. gosh. i am grinning from *ear to ear*!!! what a beautiful, happy trip, constanza! but you know that mostly what i can't wait to write about is about the *shells* - and everything that you left behind!! this just makes my heart sing!!!! and also, you are THE BEST shell painter! how i would love to find one of your beauties! (i think i just used more exclamation marks than i've ever used in one place before. ; )

thank you, thank you for sharing all of this with us. you and your children are truly beautiful...

oh i feel as if you have held my hand and flown me like a kite in the generously trail of your oyster shells! yes to beautiful children, to meeting in the beauty of a perfect weekend and your tokens of affection. oh how your shells marvel and shine and brighten even the sunniest days, with your beautiful voice. luminous; that is what YOU are!

What a wonderful trip with your daughter...the photos are gorgeous. I don't have words to express how full my heart would be if I were one of the lucky people who stumbled upon one of your treasures...it would truly have an affect on me to find something like that. I'm sure that's how every person felt who found your art pieces! <3

hello lovely, i wanted to let you know that you and your beautiful work are featured in my ART-STOPPING SUNDAY this week! Thank you for delighting my soul this week xxxxx http://textgeorge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/art-stopping-sunday.html

i remembered your virgin of the undersea and found myself charmed all over again and writing about your kindest luminous offerings at recuerda mi corazon.i just wanted you to know that your generosity continues to warm my heart.thank you for being the voice of enchantment for all of us.xo

DE NINA A NINA-MUJER

MI NINO EN EL CIELO

mis amigos los sube cerros

Rebeca

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Hopeless Romantic, lover of England where I grew up, and Chile where I came of age. Off the wall yet Naive Aquarian who loves Nature's wild flowers, wild animals and wild people. Admirer without end of John Paul II. I sit on floors and walk barefoot 90% of the time, adore babies' innocence and am an incorrigible tryer at fixing the world.

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